Greenfield Presbyterian Podcast

This message is from Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The scripture is Acts 13:1-12 Barnabas and Saul sent to minister 13 The church at Antioch included prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon (nicknamed Niger), Lucius from Cyrene, Manaen (a childhood friend of Herod the ruler), and Saul. 2 As they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Appoint Barnabas and Sau...

This message was given at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The Scripture lesson is Luke 4:16-30 16 Jesus went to Nazareth, where he had been raised. On the Sabbath he went to the synagogue as he normally did and stood up to read. 17 The synagogue assistant gave him the scroll from the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written: 18 The Spirit of th...

This message was given at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The Scripture Lesson is Luke 12:13-21 Warning against greed 13 Someone from the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14 Jesus said to him, “Man, who appointed me as judge or referee between you and your brother?” 15 Then Jesus said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourself against all kin...

This message was given at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The Scripture Reading is Joel 2:18-26 Words of compassion and promise 18 Then the Lord became passionate about this land, and had pity on his people. 19 The Lord responded to the people: See, I am sending you the corn, new wine, and fresh oil, and you will be fully satisfied by it; and I will no longer make you a disgrace amo...

Welcome to the Father's Day Service at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The Scripture Lesson for today is Genesis 17:1-14 God’s covenant with Abraham 17 When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am El Shaddai. Walk with me and be trustworthy. 2 I will make a covenant between us and I will give you many, many descendants.” 3 Abram fell on his face, an...

Welcome to the Service of Pentecost at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The Scripture Lesson for today is Acts 2:1-21 Pentecost 2 When Pentecost Day arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound from heaven like the howling of a fierce wind filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be individual flames of fire alighting on each one...

Welcome to the sixth Sunday of the Eastertide at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. Eastertide continues until Pentecost on June 8, 2025. The Scripture Lesson for today is Ecclesiastes 4:1-12. Death is better than oppression 4 When I next observed all the oppressions that take place under the sun, I saw the tears of the oppressed—and they have no one to comfort them. Their oppressors w...

Welcome to the fifth Sunday of the Eastertide at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. Eastertide continues until Pentecost on June 8, 2025. The Scripture Lesson for today is Matthew 11:2-6 Question from John the Baptist 2 Now when John heard in prison about the things the Christ was doing, he sent word by his disciples to Jesus, asking, 3 “Are you the one who is to come, or should we loo...

Welcome to the fourth Sunday of the Eastertide at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. Eastertide continues until Pentecost on June 8, 2025. The Scripture Lesson for today is James 2:14-26 Showing faith 14 My brothers and sisters, what good is it if people say they have faith but do nothing to show it? Claiming to have faith can’t save anyone, can it? 15 Imagine a brother or sister who i...

Welcome to the third Sunday of the Eastertide at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. Eastertide continues until Pentecost on June 8, 2025. The Scripture Lesson for today is 1 Kings 19:1-10 Elijah runs to Mount Horeb 19 Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, how he had killed all Baal’s prophets with the sword. 2 Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this message: “May the gods do...

Welcome to the second Sunday of the Eastertide at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. Eastertide continues until Pentecost on June 8, 2025. The Scripture Lesson for today is Ezekiel 3:1-10 3 Then he said to me: Human one, eat this thing that you’ve found. Eat this scroll and go, speak to the house of Israel. 2 So I opened my mouth, and he fed me the scroll. 3 He said to me: Human one, f...

Welcome to the first Sunday of the Eastertide at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. Eastertide continues until Pentecost on June 8, 2025. The Scripture Lesson for today is Acts 5:27-32 27 The apostles were brought before the council where the high priest confronted them: 28 “In no uncertain terms, we demanded that you not teach in this name. And look at you! You have filled Jerusalem w...

Welcome to the Easter Sunday service at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The Scripture Lesson for today is Mark 16:1-8 Empty tomb 16 When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices so that they could go and anoint Jesus’ dead body. 2 Very early on the first day of the week, just after sunrise, they came to the tomb. 3 They were saying to...

Palm Sunday at Greenfield Presbyterian Church, Berkley, MI. The Scripture Reading for today is Mark 11:1-11 Jesus enters Jerusalem 11 When Jesus and his followers approached Jerusalem, they came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives. Jesus gave two disciples a task, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village over there. As soon as you enter it, you will find tied up there a colt that no one...

Welcome to the fifth Sunday of the Season of Lent at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The Scripture Lesson for today is Colossians 2:6-15 Error threatening the church 6 So live in Christ Jesus the Lord in the same way as you received him. 7 Be rooted and built up in him, be established in faith, and overflow with thanksgiving just as you were taught. 8 See to it that nobody enslaves...

Welcome to the fourth Sunday of the Season of Lent at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The Scripture Lesson for today is Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Suffering servant 13 Look, my servant will succeed. He will be exalted and lifted very high. 14 Just as many were appalled by you, he too appeared disfigured, inhuman, his appearance unlike that of mortals. 15 But he will astonish many nations. K...

Welcome to the second Sunday of the Season of Lent at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The Scripture Lesson for today is Hebrews 9:11-22 11 But Christ has appeared as the high priest of the good things that have happened. He passed through the greater and more perfect meeting tent, which isn’t made by human hands (that is, it’s not a part of this world). 12 He entered the holy of hol...

Welcome to the third Sunday of the Season of Lent at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The Scripture Lesson for today is Luke 23:13-25 Jesus and Barabbas 13 Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people. 14 He said to them, “You brought this man before me as one who was misleading the people. I have questioned him in your presence and found nothing in this...

Welcome to the Ash Wednesday Service at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The Scripture Lesson is Ecclesiastes 3:16-22 Enjoy what you do now 16 I saw something else under the sun: in the place of justice, there was wickedness; and in the place of what was right, there was wickedness again! 17 I thought to myself, God will judge both righteous and wicked people, because there’s a time...

Welcome to the first Sunday of the Season of Lent at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The Scripture Lessons for today are Matthew 27:24-26 & Romans 11:25-36. Matthew 27:24-26 24 Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere and that a riot was starting. So he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd. “I’m innocent of this man’s blood,” he said. “It’s your problem.” 25 All the p...

3-2 This is the sixth (and final) installment in a seven-part series "Signs & Wonders: Miracles in the Gospel of John" at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The scripture lesson for this message is from John 9:1-41. This is the last last in this sermon series.

This is the fifth installment in a seven-part series "Signs & Wonders: Miracles in the Gospel of John" at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The scripture lesson for this message is from John 6:16-21. Jesus walks on water 16 When evening came, Jesus’ disciples went down to the lake. 17 They got into a boat and were crossing the lake to Capernaum. It was already getting dark and Jesus h...

This is a message about Moses and the people of Israel becoming free. It was given at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The scripture is the book of Exodus Chapters 1 through 15.

This is the fourth installment in a seven-part series "Signs & Wonders: Miracles in the Gospel of John" at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The scripture lesson for this message is from John 6:1-15; 22-59 John 6:1-15 Feeding of the five thousand 6 After this Jesus went across the Galilee Sea (that is, the Tiberias Sea). 2 A large crowd followed him, because they had seen the miraculo...

This is the third installment in a seven-part series "Signs & Wonders: Miracles in the Gospel of John" at Greenfield Presbyterian Church in Berkley, MI. The scripture lesson for this message is from John 5:1-18. Sabbath healing 5 After this there was a Jewish festival, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 In Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate in the north city wall is a pool with the Aramaic name Bethsaid...